The First, no, The Second Ascent of Brain Freeze

Dougald Macdonald has put up an interesting piece on his blog–The Mountain World– concerning a new route put up in Rocky Mountain National Park.  Dougald says he spotted the possible route last year on the south face of Mt. Otis.  He then waited till March, which he was hoping would be the perfect time to make the first ascent.

As it goes–the early bird gets the worm.

Upon going to the First Ascents page over on the Montain Project site, Dougald discovered that his route had already been ascended by Andy Grauch and Chris Sheridan–and aptly named ‘Brain Freeze.’

I am sure that had to be a surreal moment after planning the route for over a year!  Luckily Dougald went ahead and put up a Second Ascent of Brain Freeze and shares that trip report with us on his blog.  CLICK HERE to read about this interesting route.